
It's the final semester before graduating from high school, and aspiring actress and good girl Alexa (Emmy Rossum), her outcast gay best friend Ben (Ashley Springer), and loner bad boy Johnny (Zach Gilford), go outside their comfort zones, and throw caution to the wind as they venture into unfamiliar young adult sexual grounds. A bumpy ride of high emotion, betrayal, heartbreak, and sexual experimentation.... (Full plot summary below)
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It's the final semester before graduating from high school, and aspiring actress and good girl Alexa (Emmy Rossum), her outcast gay best friend Ben (Ashley Springer), and loner bad boy Johnny (Zach Gilford), go outside their comfort zones, and throw caution to the wind as they venture into unfamiliar young adult sexual grounds. A bumpy ride of high emotion, betrayal, heartbreak, and sexual experimentation.
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| Village VoiceAndrew SchenkerZach Gilford's game performance is still no match for the film's catalog of easy ironies, awkward framings, and advice on how to play Blanche DuBois. |
| Entertainment WeeklyOwen GleibermanDare, a sweetly sexed-up high school triangle movie, is like a John Hughes comedy trying to pass itself off as ''transgressive.'' |
| Screen InternationalTim GriersonWhile not all the filmmakers' gambits work, this low-budget comedy is thematically daring and increasingly engrossing as it rolls along. |
| The New York TimesA.O. ScottAs it develops, Dare lays out some interesting psychological puzzles, though the filmmakers lack the technique to explore them as thoroughly as you might wish. |
| JWRS. James WeggAdam Salky's entry into the coming of age genre ... tells the age-old story with a few interesting wrinkles. |
| Philadelphia InquirerCarrie RickeyThink of the film from director Adam Salky and screenwriter David Brind as "Pretty in Pink" crossed with "Cruel Intentions." |
| Hollywood ReporterJames GreenbergA smart and well-observed entry in the genre, is a cut above the usual hijinks. |
| CinemaBlend.comKelly WestDare portrays teenagers with actual depth, breaking away from the conventional stories we see so often in films involving high schoolers these days. It'll stick with you long after the movie's over. |
| New York PostV.A. MusettoA high school coming-of-age film that dares to push the envelope. It doesn't always succeed, but that's not for lack of trying. |
| Los Angeles TimesGerrick KennedyThe film lacks the comedic charm of "American Pie," but with its dark, hyper-sexualization of teens, it offers an engrossing if not soap opera-esque tale of self-discovery. |